voice box
3 ways our voice box help us to talk?
Makes sound by vibrating
Uses air from lungs
It protects our vocal cords
Take in air
Push the air out
Helps us make sound
What are 2 things our brain needs to do to help us talk?
1. Needs to think up what we want to say.
2.Talks to the mouth/tells it what to do.
How do our ears help us in a conversation?
Helps us hear what other people are saying.
How does your mouth help you when you talk?
Helps us push out the words.
How many people stutter?
About 1% of the world's population to stutter throughout their lives, or about 70 million people worldwide, which is roughly the entire populations of California, Texas and Georgia, combined!
What is the scientific name for the voice box?
The Larynx
What do lungs do?
They help put air into your body and into your voice box to help you make speech.
How does your neck help you talk?
It protects your voice box.
What part of the inner ear is closest to your earlobes?
Ear canal
How does our tongue help us talk?
It helps us make specific sounds like /th/, r/, /s/, /l/.
What is Stretchy Speech?
Stretch sounds and prolong syllables (1 second per syllable). Ho------w a-------re y------ou?
What are the vocal cords made of?
muscles
What is the trachea?
The windpipe.
How does your brain help you speak?
It makes you think of the words you want to say and sends them to your voice box.
How many bones in the inside of the ear?
Three: the ossicles
a. stapes
b. incus
c. malus
How do our lips help us talk?
What is Easy Onset?
Stretch out the first sound in a phrase/sentence slowly and easily. A------pples are my favorite.
How does the voice box make sound?
Brain tells voice box to make sound.
Voice box makes vibrations.
Voice box pushes out the sound.
Our lungs give us air to make every sound, especially what sound?
H
What is the Control Center? It controls speaking, breathing, thinking, and more.
The Brain
When we listen to a sound, which part of our ear helps us hear the sound?
Cochlea
__________ helps us make these sounds: m, n, and ng.
Our nose!
What is Light Contact?
Touch your articulators (lips, tongue, and teeth) very lightly together when speaking.
How many times a second do the vocal cords vibrate?
Anywhere from 100-1000 times a second.
Where is the diagram in your body?
On top of your stomach and below your lungs.
When we were thinking about this Jeopardy game, we were using our ___________ brain.
Ultra brain
How do your ears work?
Your eardrum helps you hear sound.
What is the palate?
The roof of our mouth that helps us make these sounds: t, d, n, r, ch, j, k, g, sh, j, zh
What is Chunking or Pausing?
Put words together and put pauses between them.
I need to.....get my....coat.....before I....leave.